Aero Squadrons were the designation of the first United States Army aviation units until the end of World War I. These units consisted of combat flying, training, ground support, construction and other components of the Air Service. After World War I ended, the majority of these squadrons were demobilized. Some however were retained during the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s, and served in all theaters of operation during World War II. Today, the oldest squadrons in the United States Air Force and Air National Guard can trace their lineage back to the original Aero Squadrons of World War I. Thomas Tait Bagwell Bagwell died on 7 December 1929 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, at age 34.1 He was buried at Gethsemane Cemetery, Caddo, Bryan County, Oklahoma.1

He and his second wife, Anna Georgia 'Annie' Bagwell married in 1892 and in the US Census of 1900 had children:Stella, Perry and Lillie M. Moutray.

Matthew owned 200 acres in Indian Territory. He married Annie Bagwell in Thackerville, Indian Territory. Soon afterwards the family moved to Gainesville so that the children could attend its schools and get a better formal education than in the Indian Territory. He applied for membership in the Five Civilized Tribes as Chickasaw by marriage 1902-1906 and obtained an enrollment card. In his application he stated that about once a week he traveled the 8 miles or so between Gainesville and the property in Indian Territory to collect rents, mend fences, or farm.

According to family he died in Gainesville after borrowing money for the new crop season and before getting money from the crops to pay his creditors. The land in Indian Territory was sold to pay his debts. However, during his life he was considered a wealthy enough man to have been able to vacation with his family at places like Galveston and to socialize with Gainesville's wealthier citizens.